Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Summary
The bill prohibits the deployment and possession of tear‑gas and other lachrymatory agents in Illinois, except for narrowly defined purposes, and establishes a Chemical Agent Review Board within the Department of Public Health to review and approve pepper‑spray formulations. It also requires the Department to adopt safety rules, maintain a public database of approved products and adverse events, and gives the Attorney General and certain nonprofit or labor groups the ability to bring civil actions for violations.
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